by Curt Cavin, USA TODAY Sports

by Curt Cavin, USA TODAY Sports

INDIANAPOLIS -- J.R. Hildebrand is now confirmed to drive for Barracuda Racing's IndyCar Series team this season. So is Luca Filippi.

The two drivers will share the No. 98 entry owned by Bryan Herta and Steve Newey, the Indianapolis-based team announced Tuesday.

Hildebrand will drive the car at next weekend's race at Sonoma (Calif.) Raceway with a second drive Oct. 19 in the season-ending event at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif.

Filippi, who made his IndyCar Series debut last week with the team at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, will get three races in the car: Sept. 1 in Baltimore and in both races in Houston on Oct. 5-6.

Alex Tagliani, who drove the car for the first half of the season, will not return. He has turned his immediate attention to this weekend's Grand-Am Sports Car Series race at Kansas Speedway.

Tagliani will be driving alongside Jeff Segal in the No. 61 GT of R.Ferri/AIM Autosport Racing team that won last month's division at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Tagliani will sub for Max Papis, who is committed to the NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Mid-Ohio.